# predicar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praedicāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [pɾə.ðiˈka]
* IPA: (Valencia) [pɾe.ðiˈkaɾ]
* Homophone: predicà
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

predicar (first-person singular present predico, first-person singular preterite prediquí, past participle predicat)
* (transitive, intransitive) to preach

#### Related terms

* prèdica
* predicador
* predicatiu

### Further reading

* “predicar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “predicar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “predicar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “predicar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* padricar, pedricar

### Etymology

Attested since the 13th century. Learned borrowing from Latin praedicāre. Doublet of pregar.

### Verb

predicar (first-person singular present predico, first-person singular preterite prediquei, past participle predicado)
* to preach

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “predicar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “predicar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “predicar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “predicar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “predicar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

### Further reading

* “predicar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “predicar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Ido
### Etymology

From pre- +‎ dicar, a calque of English predict, French prédire, German vorhersagen, Italian predire, Russian предсказа́ть (predskazátʹ), Spanish predecir. Not to be confused with predikar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /prediˈt͡sar/

### Verb

predicar (present predicas, past predicis, future predicos, conditional predicus, imperative predicez)
* (transitive) to predict, prophesy, foretell

#### Derived terms

* predicanta (“prophetic”)

### See also

* augurar

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praedicāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /pɾe.d͡ʒiˈka(ʁ)/ [pɾe.d͡ʒiˈka(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /pɾe.d͡ʒiˈka(ʁ)/ [pɾe.d͡ʒiˈka(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /pɾe.d͡ʒiˈka(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /pɾe.d͡ʒiˈka(ʁ)/ [pɾe.d͡ʒiˈka(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /pɾe.d͡ʒiˈka(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɾɨ.diˈkaɾ/ [pɾɨ.ðiˈkaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɾɨ.diˈkaɾ/ [pɾɨ.ðiˈkaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /pɾɨ.diˈka.ɾi/ [pɾɨ.ðiˈka.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: pre‧di‧car

### Verb

predicar (first-person singular present predico, first-person singular preterite prediquei, past participle predicado)
* to promote a concept or idea
* (logic) to predicate (state or assert)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

### Further reading

* “predicar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praedicāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɾediˈkaɾ/ [pɾe.ð̞iˈkaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: pre‧di‧car

### Verb

predicar (first-person singular present predico, first-person singular preterite prediqué, past participle predicado)
* (transitive) to preach

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* bien predica quien bien vive
* predicar con el ejemplo
* predicar en el desierto
* una cosa es predicar, y otra dar trigo

#### Related terms

* prédica
* predicación
* predicador
* predicamento

### Further reading

* “predicar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10